Bryan Todd Richardson II, Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Activity, Oklahoma 2022

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – A former Marine has been sentenced to prison for traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual activity with a minor.

Bryan Todd Richardson II, age 25, of Wyoming, Ohio, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for each of two counts of Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Activity, and 120 months in prison for one count of Transportation of a Minor with Intent to Engage in Criminal Activity. The terms of imprisonment on all counts shall be served concurrently.

Richardson will also be required to register as a Sex Offender.

The charges arose from investigations by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Okmulgee Police Department.

On September 27, 2022, Richardson pleaded guilty to a superseding Indictment of two counts of Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Activity and one count of Transportation of a Minor with Intent to Engage in Criminal Activity.

According to investigators, Richardson, a Marine stationed in North Carolina, cultivated an online relationship with a fourteen-year-old child in the state of Oklahoma for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct. Richardson traveled to Oklahoma in May of 2020, and again in June of 2021, both times engaging in illegal sexual activity with the minor.

Assistant United States Attorney Morgan Muzljakovich represented the United States.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Bryan Todd Richardson II

Defendant

25 years old

Wyoming, Ohio

Counts:

1. Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Activity

2. Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Activity

3. Transportation of a Minor with Intent to Engage in Criminal Activity

Sentence:

120 months in prison for each count, to be served concurrently

September 27, 2022

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edok/pr/former-marine-sentenced-travel-intent-engage-criminal-sexual-activity